Fix error when users.table does not exist yet during initialize

src/olympia/amo/management/commands/initialize.py

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.management import call_command
 
+from olympia.users.models import UserProfile
+
 from .. import BaseDataCommand
 
 
@@ -25,9 +27,11 @@ def add_arguments(self, parser):
         )
 
     def local_admin_exists(self):
-        from olympia.users.models import UserProfile
-
-        return UserProfile.objects.filter(email=settings.LOCAL_ADMIN_EMAIL).exists()
+        try:
+            return UserProfile.objects.filter(email=settings.LOCAL_ADMIN_EMAIL).exists()
+        except Exception as e:
+            logging.error(f'Error checking if local admin exists: {e}')
+            return False
 
     def handle(self, *args, **options):
         """

src/olympia/amo/tests/test_commands.py

@@ -350,6 +350,16 @@ def test_handle_migration_failure(self):
             ],
         )
 
+    @mock.patch('olympia.amo.management.commands.initialize.UserProfile.objects.filter')
+    def test_handle_mysql_exception(self, mock_filter):
+        mock_filter.return_value.exists.side_effect = Exception('test')
+
+        call_command('initialize')
+        self._assert_commands_called_in_order(
+            self.mocks['mock_call_command'],
+            [self.mock_commands.data_seed],
+        )
+
 
 class TestBaseDataCommand(BaseTestDataCommand):
     def setUp(self):